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Racism: How Can the State and Administration Respond?

The German government aims at improving state structures to prevent racism and right-wing extremism. To this end, the InRa Study ‘Institutions & Racism’, funded by the Federal Ministry of Interior, is developing a toolbox of instruments in a project coordinated by Prof. Daniel Thym and Prof. Judith Froese from the University of Konstanz. On 27 February 2024, a workshop will discuss tried-and-tested instruments from administrative practice, identify key problems and gaps and elaborate untapped…

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Dual Nationality as an Expression of Contradictory Membership Models

For more than 25 years, dual nationality has been discussed controversially within Germany. Parliament is about to adopt a law that will generally accept it, including in scenarios where I had still been outlawed. Daniel Thym welcomes the shorter time limits for naturalisation but highlights an underlying theoretical tension if dual nationality promotes a post-ethnic conception of nationhood from a German perspective, while perpetuating ethno-cultural belonging with regard to home states. An…